1931 VFL Season Round 11: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 18 July 1931 between Footscray and Essendon during round eleven of the 1931 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Bill Cubbins captained the hosts with Allan Hopkins as vice-captain. Garnet Campbell captained the visitors with Joe Hammond as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bill Cubbins and the visitors were coached by Garnet Campbell.

Footscray (8.10.58) were defeated by Essendon (12.13.85).

Match Details

Season: 1931 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 18 July 1931
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 19,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Essendon
Score: 8.10.58 - 12.13.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 3 7 . 5 8 . 6 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Essendon 2 . 6 4 . 8 9 . 10 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Margin ESSE by 3 FOOT by 15 ESSE by 10 ESSE by 27 ESSE by 27
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Bill Cubbins
Vice-Captain: Allan Hopkins
Coach: Bill Cubbins

Essendon

Captain: Garnet Campbell
Vice-Captain: Joe Hammond
Coach: Garnet Campbell

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Len Johnson ESSE 14 3
Ivan McAlpine FOOT 22 2
Tom Clarke ESSE 23 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Aked, Frank ? ? 0 ?
9 Baker, Harry ? ? 0 ?
28 Cordner, Jock ? ? 1 ?
2 Cubbins, Bill (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Dennington, Jack ? ? 0 ?
11 Hanson, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Hayes, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Hopkins, Allan (vc) ? ? 0 ?
5 Lambe, Alf ? ? 0 ?
22 McAlpine, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
15 McKay, Roy ? ? 0 ?
3 Minogue, Wally ? ? 0 ?
7 Morrison, Alby ? ? 2 ?
13 Nunn, Ernie ? ? 1 ?
12 O'Brien, Wally ? ? 0 ?
30 Sherman, Ted ? ? 0 ?
14 Spurling, Bill ? ? 4 ?
18 Stanway, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
6 Williams, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 10

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Anderson, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet (c) ? ? 0 ?
11 Carman, Syd ? ? 0 ?
23 Clarke, Tom ? ? 0 ?
1 Forbes, Keith ? ? 2 ?
26 Freyer, Ted ? ? 0 ?
20 Hammond, Joe (vc) ? ? 0 ?
4 Hearn, Clarrie ? ? 6 ?
14 Johnson, Len ? ? 4 ?
7 Lowenthal, Bill ? ? 0 ?
22 Nash, Frank ? ? 0 ?
2 Okey, Howard ? ? 0 ?
31 Payne, Roy ? ? 0 ?
6 Rennie, Les ? ? 0 ?
Roberts, Bill ? ? 0 ?
15 Vosti, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Walsh, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
32 Webster, Len ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 13

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s